Palliative Care: UAE Perspective

Abstract

This time I am going to share a story of one of the patients that I have come across while being in a clinical training rotation with my students. What provoked me to write about this case; is how holistically this patient is not being treated! Of course, not on purpose. But incomplete assessment of her case, joined with lack of simple but yet proper knowledge, placed her in that situation. And to be fair towards the staff in that hospital, there are no palliative care consultant, not to mention a multidisciplinary team. And also, it is not a designated hospital for managing oncology patients comprehensively. But yet, they do receive cancer patients due to proximity of area for some patients, or due to insurance coverage issues.